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What drives City traders to excess in their quest for extreme wealth? And what happens when they lose it all overnight? This is the first account of lifestyles and minds of the men who gamble with millions and influence all our lives.

Seth Freedman was nineteen when he was handling millions of pounds of client orders. He got out before the 2008 crash and wrote a series of articles for the Guardian, which generated a massive reaction from readers.